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N¼nNp«³.sWäv A_nªpsNm*v Ss¶ Mm³ b_ªp. bmkw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

frUp`]psX Nm^y¯n FWn¡v AktWmXp*m]n^p¶ FÃm tUgykpw Wq_p C^«n]m]n Sn^n¨p sNmXp¡m³ NjnªSn Mm³ fWw Wn_ªp ht´mgn¨p.

Mm³ sIÃpt¼mÄ KnWp k^m´]n Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p. Aksâ fpOw N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v In^n k¶p.

‘FknsX tfmsW Wnsâ A½…’

Mm³ k^m´]nt`¡v N]_ns¡m*v tImUn¨p.

‘Wo C^n¡v. A½ AXp¡a]n`m…’

Ak³ b_ªpsNm*v Fs¶ ANt¯¡v £\n¨p

‘At½… ^Kogv k¶p’

B b_¨n`n`pÅ Aksâ SaÀ¨ Mm³ {l²n¨p. SoÀ¯pw H^p Nq«ns¡mXp¸pNm^sâ t_mant`¡v fmt_*n k¶ AkØ, ASpw hz´w A½s] hz´w Nq«pNm^Wv.

sbs«¶v ^mVnN k¶p.

H^p k]`äv hm^n]m]n^p¶p AkÄ V^n¨n^p¶Sv. skap¯ k]À Nm\mw. kn]À¯p WWª N£w fpjp¯ fp`. FWn¡v N¼n]m]n.

‘tI¨n C{S Énw B]n^pt¶m? tcmt«m]n H^p SXn¨n Bs\s¶ tSm¶q’

‘tbmXm… SpX§n Aksâ Sfml’

^mVnN A_n]msS b_ªptbm]n. SoÀ¯pw AbfmWnSWm]n tUgy¯n Wn¡pN]m\v KnWp.

‘tfm³ C^n¡v Mm³ Im] FXp¡mw’

^mVnN sbs«¶v B hµÀew fmämWpw AknXp¶v fm_mWpfm]n b_ªp.

‘tk* tI¨n, FWn¡v tI¨nsX Kyqhv fSn’

Mm³ D_s¡ b_ªp. ^mVnN Sn^nªp Fs¶ tUgyt¯msX tWm¡n.

‘F´m tI¨n Kyqhv CtÃ? D*m¡m³ MmWpw si`vbv sI¿mw’

Mm³ At§m«v WX¶psNm*p b_ªp. ^mVnN tUgyt¯msX Fs´ms¡t]m tPmãn Nm\n¨p. FWn¡v In^n k¶p. Mm³ ^mVnN]psX CaNn]mXp¶ Np*nNÄ bn´pXÀ¶v AXp¡a]ns`¯n.

‘Wo Fs´ms¡]m b_]pt¶? KnWp CknXps*¶v tdmVfpt*m?’

AkÄ lÐw Smjv¯n b_ªp.

‘Hm B bm¡p¸n¡vH¶pw fWÊn`mknÃ. B]m`pw Ak³ H¶pwb_]nÃ’

‘Èv… sfsà b_…’

AkÄ b_ªp. Mm³ Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨p.

‘F´v f\w B\v WnW¡v. FWn¡v b®m³ tSm¶p¶p’

AkÄ NpS_n fm_n.

‘tbm… bns¶ Bkmw. KnWp D*v ¹ohv ‘

AkÄ Smjv¶ lЯn sN©n.
FWn¡v In^n k¶p.

‘sl^n’

Mm³ imant`¡v tbm]n. KnWp tUgy¯n Ss¶ C^p¶p Ft´m km]n¡p¶p.

‘Zm… Wnsâ A½ b_]p¶p C¶v Ft¶mXv CknsX Smfhn¡m³…Mm³ Wn¡s«…?’ Mm³tImUn¨p.

‘WnW¡v ko«n tbmt*?’ Ak³ tImUn¨p.

‘bns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv